CVE-2012-0955
7.4
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.61%
Description
software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92.
How to fix CVE-2012-0955
To remediate CVE-2012-0955, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.92.25debian1 or later
Is CVE-2012-0955 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.92.25debian1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |